| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Tal vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 76 |
1971 |
USSR-ch39 Leningrad | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 2. Tal vs NN |
 | 1-0 | 20 |
1973 |
? | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 3. Tal vs Averkin |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1973 |
Riga | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 4. Tal vs Taimanov |
 | 1-0 | 37 |
1974 |
USSR | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 5. Tal vs N K Ivanov |
 | 0-1 | 37 |
1974 |
Novi Sad | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 6. Tal vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1976 |
Moskva ch-SU (15) | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 7. Tal vs Romanishin |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1979 |
URS | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 8. Tal vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1980 |
Alma_Ata | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 9. Tal vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1980 |
Bugojno 29/ | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 10. Tal vs V Liberzon |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1980 |
Skara ETC | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 11. Tal vs Romanishin |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1981 |
Lvov | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 12. Tal vs Romanishin |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1981 |
Riga | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 13. Tal vs Romanishin |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1981 |
Riga | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 14. Tal vs Romanishin |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1982 |
Sochi | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 15. Tal vs Ulf Andersson |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1983 |
Malme (Sweden) | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 16. Tal vs Barlov |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1984 |
235 | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 17. Tal vs A Zapata |
| 1-0 | 44 |
1984 |
Titograd | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 18. Tal vs Balashov |
 | 1-0 | 27 |
1988 |
Moscow 30' Speed Tou | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |